俱舍論頌疏論本 18.32

English (machine translation) 18.32

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18.32

Explanation: "Abandoning and destroying the fields of kindness and virtue": because one abandons the field of kindness and destroys the field of virtue, an act of immediate retribution is constituted. Parents are the field of kindness, being the source from which one's body arose. The Buddha and arhats are called fields of virtue, meaning that they are endowed with supreme virtues and are also able to generate supreme merits in all sentient beings. Because one destroys the basis of virtue, an act of immediate retribution is constituted.

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俱舍論頌疏論本 — Classical Chinese